Can-soldering machine



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Patented Feb. 11, 1890.

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I. TRULLENDER. CAN SOLDERING MACHINE.

Patented Feb. 11, 1890.

UNrrn STATES PATENT Urrrcn,

FREDERICK TRULLENDER, OF SALEM, ASSIGNOR TO I. H. COX dt 00., OFBRIDGETON, NEV JERSEY.

CAN-SOLDERING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,331, dated February11, 1890.

Application filed June 13,1889, Serial No. 314,113. (No model.) I

lower side of the soldering-iron frame, having attached thereto mycan-guides. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the entire machine, showing said guides in position foruse; and Fig. i is a sec tion of the same upon line 00 a; of Fig. 3.

Letters of like name refer to like parts in each of the figures.

In the use of can soldering machines in which the cans are placed inrows upon a tray and moved beneath a. corresponding number of rotatablesoldering-irons much difficulty has been experienced in keeping the cansin an upright position, as from various causes either or all are liableto become tilted, so as to prevent their upper ends from coinciding withthe operative ends of the soldering-irons.

The object of my invention is to insure the vertical position of cansupon a solderingtray; and to this end said invention consists of guidescomposed of parallel bars operating in conjunction with a can-solderingmachine, which are adapted to engage with and hold the cans in position,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

My improvement is applicable to any form of machine in which the cansare placed in rows upon a tray and moved wit-l1 the same beneathsoldering-irons; but its operation will be sufliciently illustrated inconnection with one form of such machine in which, as seen in thedrawings, there is aframe A, that is rectangular in crosssection and issupported by and upon legs B and B, that are placed at its corners.\Vithin the frame A are journaled two rows of vertically arrangedsoldering -irons O and C, which are adapted to be moved up and down andto be rotated in opposite directions by means of pinions 0 and c, thatare connected with the upto a'suitable base G, which extends betweenand-beneath the same and is provided with a centrally-arranged guide g,that in cross-section has a shape. Upon said guide or way and uponrollers H and H, which are journaled at suitable intervals upon oppositesides of the same within said base, is placed a tray 1, that has suchdimensions as will adapt it to receive and contain two rows of cans Kand K, that have the size for which the soldering-irons (J and O areintended, the. arrangement of parts being such as to enable said tray,with its contents, to be easily moved, so as to cause each can to be inline axially with one of said soldering-irons, after which, by rotatingand depressing the latter until their ends are in contact with saidcans, the desired soldering action may be had.

Secured upon the lower side of the frame A midway between the rows ofsolderingirons O and G, and upon the outside of each row, is a guide L,which is preferably constructed from metal, and consists of a horizontalbar that has each of its ends Z turned upward and adapted to receive ascrew Z, by which it is secured in place upon said frame. Asecondsimilar but shorter supplemental guide L is secured upon the lower sideof the guide L, but may, if desired, be omitted. If now a tray of cansis moved beneath the soldel'ingirons, the guides L and L will engagewith the sides near the upper ends of the cans K and K, and will compelsaid ends to maintain their proper positions, while the supplementalguides L and L will engage vith the sides of said cans at lower pointsand will aid in maintaining the vertical positions of the same. In orderthat the rows of cans may readily enter between said guides,

the front part of each outer guide is bent outward, as shown, While byarranging the ends of said outer bars transversely and providing eachwith an elongated screw-opening said bars may be adjusted toward or fromthe center bar to adapt the machine for cans having different diameters.

The addition of the guides to the solderingmachine renders far more easyand certain the operation of soldering cans, as each row is compelled tomaintain a vertical position in a line with the soldering-irons andcannot readily get out of place. WVhere the cans have such sizes as tocause their inner sides to meet, the central guide is not required andmust be omitted.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-. v

1. Ina soldering-machine, in combination with vertically-arrangedsoldering-irons, parallel guide bars that are adaptedto engage withtheupper side portions of cans and to cause them to be moved into and heldin position with relation to said soldering-irons, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

2. In a soldering-machine Which is provided with vertically arrangedsolderingironsv and withmeans for holding cansand moving the samebeneath the soldering-irons into position to be operated on, guidesconsistin g of horizontally-arranged parallel bars adapted to engagewith the can-bodies, so as to cause them to be moved into such positionand held vertically therein, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

3. In a soldering-machine Which is provided With parallel rows ofvertically-arranged soldering-irons and has means for moving parallelrows of cans beneath such irons, guide-bars that are adapted to engagewith said cans, so as to cause them to be moved into and maintained inposition with relation to the soldering-irons, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. As an improvement in soldering-ma chines and in combinationtherewith, guides consisting of parallel bars which are arranged belowand at each side of the rows of soldering-irons and are adapted: toengage with and insure the relative positions of the cans, substantiallyas and for the purpose shown anc l.described.v I

5. In combination with the frame of the machine and with the parallelrows of verticallyearrangedsoldering-irons, theguide-b'arsdescribed,which are made adjustabletoward or from said soldering-irons,in the. manner and for the purpose substantially as specified. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of May, 1889. I

FREDERICK TRULLENDER.

WVitnesses: v

BFRANK Woon, BENJ. F. Wool).

